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WANTED: For Stoop (Nvidia 7900GT/OC)
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:38 am
by rob[GL]
We're at work right now, he wants to run SLI, anyone have one for cheap, or know of one for sale?
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:08 am
by SCETR
I have a 7900GT but I can't afford a new one, so I be keeping it.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:59 pm
by Spyhop
Tell Stoop to sell his 7900GT, add it to the money he was going to spend on another 7900GT, and get an 8800GT.
SLI is such a minimal performance gain and it's buggy.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:45 pm
by rob[GL]
Dolphin wrote:Tell Stoop to sell his 7900GT, add it to the money he was going to spend on another 7900GT, and get an 8800GT.
SLI is such a minimal performance gain and it's buggy.
I already told him that.
Too bad that he could probably find another 7900GT for about $100, whereas a 8800GT is $300.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:00 am
by SCETR
Yah, i can see your point but I ran SLI for like 2 years and you can't run two monitors. You have 4 fukn monitor plugs and you can only use 1. It really sucks, I love 2 monitors now. Also they don't do shit for directx games, opengl games seem to benefit the most (this is where I think ATI's solution is a bit better with directx, which is what most games use nowadays).
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:06 pm
by JohnyRico
besides that. the 8800 is still the better card for the minor increase in price.
Better than two 7900
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:48 pm
by Spyhop
I generally consider SLI and XFire to be an epic failure.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:02 pm
by AlphaDrake
Dolphin wrote:I generally consider SLI and XFire to be an epic failure.
I rather like xfire...
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the chat program.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:43 pm
by Spyhop
lol
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:47 pm
by r337ard
The only good thing I've seen lately to do with Xfire is it's multi display support. Pretty well the same idea as the Parhelia.
Outside of that niche tho xfire has only been marginally more disappointing than SLI.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:28 pm
by rob[GL]
Dave didn't ask for your opinions, none of these posts have made him any closer to locating another 7900GT, so STFU.
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His response, not mine, believe it or not.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:35 pm
by JohnyRico
Tell Dave, he can quit being a candy ass, and log on and say STFU himself... otherwise who gives a fuck about what some guys says off forums.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:30 pm
by Spyhop
lol, shit, JR beat me to the punch.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:45 pm
by crazy1
i see a 7900 gs at oem $169
eVGA N624 7900GS KO 256MB DDR3 PCIe
http://www.oemdepot.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=VIDEVG%2DN624
i don't know sli too well but i know with xfire two of the same series work
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:28 am
by rob[GL]
Yeah... Except for $170 he'd be better off picking up a Radeon HD3850 (or a used 8800GTS 320MB) which would be approximately 2x-3x faster than his 7900GT. He's trying to minimize costs here, like $100 or less.